Enderby Land
MODIS
image, 2011Enderby Land is a projecting landmass of
longitude. It was first documented in western and eastern literature in February 1831 by John Biscoe aboard the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, the ship's owners who encouraged their captains to combine exploration with sealing.[1]
Nation state claims
Subject to the constraints of the
high latitudes towards the South Pole
.
Features
Coastal features include
Above Ordnance Datum
(conventional sea level).
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from "Enderby Land". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Enderby Land.
- Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
- United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic Territory
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67°30′S 53°0′E / 67.500°S 53.000°E
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